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42) East of Eden
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Steinbeck's story of two boys struggling for the affection of their father.
Author
Language
English
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Description
From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, John Steinbeck and Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad--now Volgograd--but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, this work is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable...
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Steinbeck saw in Newsday a unique opportunity to put his skills to use. Between December 1966 and May 1967, the sixty-four-year-old toured the major combat areas of South...
59) Tortilla flat
Author
Publisher
Denoël
Pub. Date
c1961
Language
Français
Description
In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.
60) Of mice and men
Language
English
Description
Best friends Lennie and George take a job at the Tyler Ranch in Depression era California, but their simple world is ripped apart by tragedy when there is an accidental death.